The Age of
MelancholyMajor
Depression and Its Social Origins by Dan G. Blazer. Explores why the
incidence
of depression has been on such an increase in the last 50 years, while
our basic biology hasn't changed as rapidly. Indexed. 251 pages. Explore.

Appropriating
Technology Vernacular Science and Social Power by Ron Eglash,
Jennifer
L. Croissant, Giovanna Di Chiro and Rayvon Fouché.
A study
of how groups outside the centers of scientific power reinvent consumer
products. Trade paperback. Explore.

Big Fleas
Have Little Fleas How
Discoveries of Invertebrate Diseases Are Advancing Modern Science by
Elizabeth W. Davidson,
Collection of stories about invertebrate diseases and the
scientists who learned to use those diseases to control pests and
create products beneficial to humans. Indexed. 198 pages. Explore.

The
Botanist and the Vintner
How Wine Was Saved for the World by Christy Campbell. The story of a
tiny
aphid from the Americas that almost destroyed the vineyards of Europe.
Illustrated with maps and B&W plates. Indexed. 320 pages. Explore.

Evil Genes Why
Rome Fell,
Hitler Rose, Enron Failed and My Sister Stole My Mother's Boyfriend by
Barbara Oakley.
Hardcover, new. A popular science text that melds scientific research
with family history in an examination of the genetics and neurobiology
of personality disorders. Indexed. 459 pages. Explore.

Food, Inc.
Mendel to
Monsanto--The Promises and Perils of the Biotech Harvest by Peter
Pringle.
A fertile partnership between consumers, corporations, scientists, and
farmers could allow the biotech harvest to reach its full potential.
First
trade paperback edition. Indexed. 243 pages. Explore.

For
the Love of Physics From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time
- A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics by Walter Lewin. Explore.

Inside of a
Dog What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
by Alexandra Horowitz. Describes dogs' perceptual and cognitive
abilities to explain what it might be like to be a dog. Indexed. 368
pages.Explore.

The Kitchen
as Laboratory Reflections
on the Science of Food and Cooking by Cesar Vega, Job Ubbink, Erik van
van der Linden. Collection of essays on how chefs and scientists are
advancing culinary knowledge by testing hypotheses rooted in the
physical and chemical properties of food. Indexed. 312 pages. Explore.

What the
Nose Knows The Science
of Scent in Everyday Life
by Avery Gilbert. An olfaction expert explores the latest scientific
discoveries on the human sense of smell. Indexed. 290 pages.Explore.

The
Human Factor Revolutionizing
the Way People Live with Technology by Kim Vicente. Explores the
widening gap between people and technology and discusses ways to bridge
the divide. Indexed. 352 pages, Explore.

Meteorites
and the Early Solar System II Edited
by Dante S. Lauretta and Harry Y. McSween. A valuable textbook for
graduate education in planetary science and an authoritative reference
for meteoriticists and researchers. Indexed. 943 pages, Explore.

Modern Biotechnology Connecting
Innovations in Microbiology and Biochemistry to Engineering
Fundamentals by Nathan S. Mosier and Michael R. Ladisch. Explore.

Natural
Climate Variability and
Global
Warming by
Rick Battarbee and Heather Binney. This book addresses predictable
modification in the climate system in the context of global warming,
examining current thinking on natural climate change, the use of models
to simulate past climate variability, and the role of past climate
variability in explaining current changes to ecosystems and society
over the later part of the Holocene. Indexed. 276 pages. Explore.

Notes from
the Holocene A
Brief History of the Future by Dorion Sagan. Combines philosophy,
science, and an understanding of illusion to probe the deep questions
of existence. Indexed. 226 pages. Explore.

Physics
Demonstrations A
Sourcebook for Teachers of Physics by Julien Clinton Sprott.
Illustrated
sourcebook and two-DVD set describes eighty-five physics demonstrations
suitable for performance both in and outside the classroom. Indexed.
290
pages. Explore.

Science and
Sensibility
The Elegant Logic of the Universe by Keith J. Laidler. This book
provides
a thorough grounding in the methods of science, stressing the
importance
of arriving at rational conclusions by carefully considering and
evaluating
the evidence available. Hardcover. Explore.

The Shallows What the
Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
by Nicholas Carr. Examines the organic impact of computers and the
Internet on the human mind, behaviors and neurology. Indexed. 276
pages. Explore

Symmetry
and the Beautiful Universe by
Leon M. Lederman and Christopher T. Hill. A popular science book that
explains the elegant concept of symmetry and all its profound
ramifications to life on Earth and the universe at large. Indexed. 363
pages. Explore.